Scirocco Central

So I have placed an order for a Scirocco R in deep pearl black, got the tints done as an optional extra along with black wing mirror covers.

I have opted for the manual gearbox although. I never test drove the DSG, but thinking and reading about it now i feel i may have made a mistake getting manual over DSG as the DSG offers better performance and i do a lot of city driving also (Birmingham), can anyone offer any words of comfort to why my decision on getting a manual over a DSG was correct.

I currently have a Leon 1.4tsi 125 Bhp remapped to 152Bhp. So going to 280Bhp will have a big bump.

Scirocco is due to land at my dealership in November, Build week 41 I think... It was too late to change the order once i placed it apparently

Paramk wrote:I have opted for the manual gearbox although. I never test drove the DSG, but thinking and reading about it now i feel i may have made a mistake getting manual over DSG as the DSG offers better performance and i do a lot of city driving also (Birmingham)

Congrats on getting the R

DSG, you really need to test drive it to really know if you like it or not, it's down to personal taste.

Can't see how you have made a bad decision without doing this first.

Well its too late so kind of irrelevant you can only move on.

Don't sweat it driving the R through nice roads in manual is ace and will put a lunatic grin on your face:D

3t3p wrote:Well its too late so kind of irrelevant you can only move on.

Well i could cancel my order

Go ask to drive a DSG then. You'd need at least half an hour in my experience.
Tuning a DSG car is easier too if that is a consideration for you.

I came from a mk5 GTI with a DSG box to a manual scirocco R and I didn't regret it. Sure, DSG is great fun at first but I started to miss the control of a manual. The only thing you might miss is the pop on the upshift, and slightly faster gear changes

Most of the time in the UK you are driving in stop start or slow traffic anyway, and the car then becomes another dreary automatic..

I wouldn't worry about it. But do take one for a spin if you can, if not so you can at least say you've driven a DSG..

Oh.. my next car is also going to be manual